Rails LoadError with openssl.so: undefined symbol: d2i_ECPKParameters

Question

rails --version

Rails 3.2.1

ruby -v

ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30) [x86_64-linux]

rpm -qa | grep openssl

openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5 opens

Answer 1

I had the same problem, but with a different environment. Openssl tool was already installed by default. Ruby 1.9.2p320 was also installed by default at /usr/local and I was using rbenv installing other rubies at a custom location. Using Rails with the rbenv's ruby 1.8.7 and its openssl produced the undefined symbol: d2i_ECPKParameters error.

To fix it, I overrode my system default ruby and installed ruby 1.8.7 to /usr/local and installed its openssl via:

# after installing ruby 1.8.7 to /usr/local
# make sure the recent install ruby 1.8.7 is the default ruby
cd ruby-1.8.7-pXXX/ext/openssl
ruby extconf.rb
make
make install

Then I created a symbolic link from the recent install openssl.so in /usr/local to my rbenv's ruby 1.8.7's lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/openssl.so

Rails started up with no more d2i_ECPKParameters error.